Beauty of Chihuly
image from The Ramaz School
Dale Chihuly is an American glass sculptor who has created many amazing creations like the one pictured above.
Dale Chihuly was born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, and suffered losing his older brother at an early age. Two years after his brother died, his father also passed away. Dale's mother supported his decision to attend college, but after a few years he decided to go to Florence, Italy, to study art. This time abroad encouraged him to continue his studies, and in 1965 he graduated college and started learning the art of glass blowing.
Glass blowing is a technique of inflating molten glass into a bubble and creating various artwork. Dale Chihuly has created glass sculptures at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Seattle's Chilhuly Garden and Glass, and right here in Missouri! At the St Louis Botanical Garden, you can see works of Dale Chihuly on display:
The St Louis Botanical Garden was where I was first introduced to Dale Chihuly, and I was fascinated by the color and design.
That's all for today. See you on Monday!
